The Met Office has warned: "Heavy rain and gales will affect parts of Northern Ireland and southwestern areas of the UK on Saturday.

"The wettest areas could see 30 to 50 mm of rain in 6 to 12 hours, while winds could gust to between 50 and 60 mph, especially in exposed coastal areas. The combination of these factors on a busy shopping weekend, may add to potential disruption."

Crash causes problems on M5

Water on the roads

11:49

Wolseley Road now closed

Wolseley Road in both directions is closed due to flooding from Wordsworth Road to B3396 Saltash Road. Police confirm the road has been closed due to the flooding in the area, the closure is likely to remain in place for several hours.

Tavistock Road flooded this morning

A message from Maria Weeks read: “Tavistock Road is currently flooded under the Crownhill flyover (on near the Tamar pub). Two lanes out of three were flooded on that side as I just came through from Derriford so all traffic is slowing and moving to outside lane.”

11:19Charlotte Turner

Torpoint Police warn of bad driving conditions

This message was posted on the Torpoint Police Facebook page this morning:

“I have been out on a quick patrol this morning and driving conditions are horrendous. The A374 in particular has large amounts of standing water in both directions. Please be careful reduce your speed, put your lights on and be aware of the conditions.

“We have informed Highways, they are currently in situ signing the roads.”

10:30Jeff Reines

More flooding in Cornwall

Flooding on A38 between Turfdown Road (Turfdown) and the Bodmin Parkway Train Station Turn off (Glynn). Approach with care.

10:28Charlotte Turner

Flooding by Toys R Us car park

This picture was sent in by Shayne Roberts. King Street by Western Approach car park is rather wet.

King Street

10:07Jeff Reines

Watch the durf

The surf is big at Westward Ho! as the storm warning remains in effect until this evening.

10:06Jeff Reines

Huge surf

The storm has brought huge surf to the coast around Devon and Cornwall. These pictures are of the sea at Westward Ho!, where the waves aren’t massive but the surf is huge!

Where the A374 is flooded

The stretch of road affected by flooding

09:46Charlotte Turner

Flooding for a huge seven mile stretch

The entirety of a main road running from Trerulefoot Roundabout to Torpoint is apparently flooded.

Traffic site Inrix reports: “Flooding on A374 between A38 (Trerulefoot Roundabout, Trerulefoot) and Sainsbury’s (Torpoint). Police confirm the flooding is along the entire stretch with the worst of the flooding near the Millbrook turn off.”

The Met Office's advice for driving in severe weather

DRIVING IN SEVERE WEATHER

The Great British weather presents different challenges in different seasons. It’s not just winter weather which can wreak havoc on the roads - even rain at any time of the year can be dangerous - in fact 9 out of 10 weather-related deaths and serious injuries on the roads take place in the rain. From high winds, strong sunlight and fog to snow and ice, all weathers can present different challenges both for keeping the travel networks open and for those navigating through the difficult conditions.

Useful contacts for rail, road, air and sea travel operators can be found here.